Hunting. The Roccolo Supracomunale Local Interest Park extends for 1595 hectares (about 16 sq km) in the province of Milan, straddling the municipalities of Arluno, Busto Garolfo, Canegrate, Casorezzo, Nerviano and Parabiago, and is geographically located in the upper Plain Padana, north-west of the Milanese capital; but the park area seems to be too narrow for a peaceful coexistence between hunters and visitors.
And the topic comes back into vogue right in the opening period of the hunt. In fact, it seems that some Canegrate citizens have complained of shots too close to homes and the discovery of pellets presumably attributable to hunting cartridges. The presence of people armed, then, he alarmed the parents who frequent the green area with their children.
But the hunters' denial was not long in coming: there was no complaint in Canegrate towards the hunters, the pellets found do not belong to any of the weaponry used by them and their activity is regulated by strict rules. “It is enough to demonize an entire category - the hunters ask in chorus -. If someone has made a mistake and it is demonstrable, let the individual pay, not all of them. We want the respect we reserve for others: we are tired of feeling insulted while we practice our business also because we are the first to respect the environment ".
The request of the members of the Canegrate section of the Italian Federation of Hunting is simple: a civil coexistence. And to achieve this goal they propose concrete solutions. “We would like to propose an alternative route for all park visitors, far from our training area - explained the president Walter Bigarella -. The suitable area would be the one towards Busto Garolfo, where there are already marked paths ”. For greater safety, then, the hunters recalled that every Tuesday and Friday hunting is prohibited throughout Italy.
"We would like to underline that our activity is not limited to hunting game in the months between September and January - concluded Bigarella -, but as a Federation we work concretely all year round in favor of the park, watering the animals, cleaning the forest, planting trees… we are not criminals ”. And the last activity of the Canegratese section concerned the renewal of the restaurant in via Manzoni. With an investment of about 3 thousand euros (90% of which paid by the company and 10% by the Municipality), the hunters worked to renovate the floor, plaster, roof, electrical system and panic bars of the structure.
(28 October 2015)
Source: LegnanoNews